ALT reassures solid 2Q from recognition of Bt496m network hardware procurement projects for State Railway, upbeat 2H earnings from strong operation from internet bandwidth services subsidiary, International Gate (IG), as demand from CLMV surged following C19, expects to sign JV Malaysia partner Edotco Group and State-telcos, CAT, in 3Q, firms on 20% revenue growth target […]

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This is a compilation of random thoughts I wrote down over the past 1-2 months…pardon the poor writing and excuse the discombobulated thinking.   “The mere idea that a planning authority could ever possess the information necessary to run the economy is a somewhat comic fiction. What prices ought to be can never be determined […]

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BJCHI’s confident of securing 20% of contracts it plans to bid in 2H20, while current backlog stood at Bt4.2b, the highest in 5-year. CPALL may report 1st quarterly losses in 2Q20 at -Bt81m, due to 21% drop in SSSG, Tabloid. Comment: This makes me giggle. AND they want to chuck even more debt on CPALL […]

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Earnings season has started with fincos’ being the first sector to release results. As of writing – TISCO, AEONTS and KTC have reported #’s that are -20% YoY or more, KBANK just announced mid-day today and its -70% YoY But we know this. We know that ~10-20% of GDP comes from tourism and with that […]

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Setthaput latest to vie for BoT post : Six candidates in the race for central bank governor as application deadline passes. Setthaput Suthiwart-Narueput, a member of the Monetary Policy Committee and the prime minister’s advisory team, has joined the race for the top job at the Bank of Thailand, bringing the number of contenders to […]

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AOT approved AAV’s request to partially move its base from Don Muang to Suvarnabhumi, with initial 24 domestic flights, before extending to overseas flights by end of year. Comment: Now the future hordes of Chinese tourists will be at Suvarnabhumi.  BBL: Social Security Office cut holding by 0.0188% to 4.9903% of total outstanding on Tuesday […]

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AOT’s expected to sign Bt9.7b 3rd runway projects with NWR, if manages to clear EHIA on July 20.AOT: Chinese Aviation authority (CAAC) suspended flight from Thai Lion Air and Thai Air Asia X for 1 week after discovered 6 Covid cases on board SL117 & 5 cases on XJ808 on July 7 & 10. Comment: […]

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ADVANC in 70:30 JV with SPI to set up Saha Advance Network (SAN) with Bt30m registered cap, offering fiber optic and ICT infra within SPI’s industrial estate and EEC area. AMA target to lift biodiesel transport revenue to 15% of total revenue from 11% last year, sees solid turnaround 2H from higher traffic from improving […]

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Mobile operators expecting to recovery 2H from absence of price war and unlimited data packaging, ADVANC & DTAC FY20 yield should stay above 3%, Tabloid. AH sees 2H turnaround from larger OEM order from Nissan after shift productions from Indonesia to Thailand, expects higher revenue contribution from Nissan from current 4%, sees positive utilization rate […]

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